Regional markets is to witness a positive impact due to Global positive lead and stronger oil prices – Al Masah Weekly report

March 11, 2018

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A Global positive lead coupled with stronger oil prices will have its positive impact on regional markets that witnessed a sluggish performance over the course of last week.

Most of the regional main indices ended the second week of March on a negative note, with Dubai and Oman being the worst performers among their peers with losses of -1.6% each WoW. Abu Dhabi market came next with negative performance of -1.5%, followed by Kuwait -0.4% and Bahrain -0.2%. On the winning team, Egypt came as the best performer with weekly gains of +6.7%, adding to its YTD performance to reach +9.7%, followed by Saudi that rose by +2.0% over the same period, adding to its YTD performance to be +5.8%.

Oil prices has strengthened over the week, with crude oil increasing by +1.7% recording USD 65.49 per barrel and WTI increasing by +1.3% recording USD62.04 per barrel.

Indexes

Last

WTD (%)

MTD (%)

YTD (%)

Dubai (DFMGI)

3,157.45

-1.61%

-2.67%

-6.31%

Abu Dhabi (ADSMI)

4,527.10

-1.48%

-1.53%

2.93%

Saudi (SASEIDX)

7,562.11

2.04%

1.93%

4.65%

Kuwait (KWSE)

6,778.18

-0.44%

0.08%

5.78%

Egypt (EGX30)

16,472.28

6.66%

6.46%

9.68%

Bahrain (BHSEIDX)

1,370.25

-0.23%

0.03%

2.89%

Oman (MSM30)

4,929.80

-1.64%

-1.47%

-3.32%

TR GCC (Reuters)

189.22

-2.22%

-2.13%

-0.96%

DJ MENA

526.67

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Commodities & FX

Last

WTD (%)

MTD (%)

YTD (%)

Oil (Brent)

65.49

1.74%

-0.44%

-2.06%

Natural Gas

2.73

1.37%

2.44%

-7.48%

Gold

1323.64

0.11%

0.45%

1.63%

Silver

16.60

0.64%

1.16%

-2.07%

EURUSD

1.23

-0.10%

0.92%

2.58%

GBPUSD

1.38

0.33%

0.63%

2.48%

USDJPY

106.77

0.98%

0.09%

-5.24%

USDCHF

0.95

1.39%

0.70%

-2.39%

AUDUSD

0.78

1.12%

1.13%

0.62%

USDCAD

1.28

-0.53%

-0.16%

1.85%

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